Lot 654

Four English Leather Drinking Vessels

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

18th century, of varying size and form, all of stitched leather construction, one with applied paper label with poem, one with incised wheel motif, 5 x 4-1/2 x 3-1/4 in. to 9-1/4 x 10-1/2 x 8 in.

Provenance: Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts

Note: One pictured in Forgotten Frontier: Untold Stories of the Piscatagua by Emerson W. Baker and Nina N. Maurer, p. 55.

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Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts

surface dirt and accretion, scattered cracks and scuffs to stiff leather, some warping to leather throughout, most slightly misshapen; some losses to stitching to interior of mug